Janyne,
You need to change the permissions on the shared directory.
Add the SETGID bit to it.
You can do this with:
chmod g+s share_dir
And, make sure that the group id on the directory is staff.
Do this:
chgrp staff share_dir
Then, any files that get created in that directory by ANY user
and ANY program will have a group of 'staff'.
That should help,
Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> I don't think that I explained the problem correctly. All of the users
> have their UPG and many of them are also in a "staff" group. Members of
> the "staff" group have a shared directory. When people save files from
> vi, pico, nedit, gimp, etc. to the shared directory, the group is set to
> shared just as it should be. If they save the file to their home
> directory, the group is set to their UPG. If they open FILE1.TXT from
> their home directory, edit it and then decide to save it to the shared
> directory, FILE1.TXT is given the "staff" group as it should be --
> UNLESS the file was opened from their home directory with SO an then
> saved to the shared directory. In that particular case, the file has
> the same settings as it did in the home directory.
>
> Note the test_after.doc file below. It was created with SO and saved in
> my home directory. It was then reopened and edited and then saved to
> the shared directory.
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme staff 63 Jun 20 14:05 nedit2test
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wed23 staff 39 Mar 28 08:06 newfile.txt
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 ets staff 15 Mar 29 14:11 test2.doc
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme wkme 7680 Jun 20 14:16 test_after.doc
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme staff 2551 Jun 20 13:46 testing123.jpg
>
>
>
> Ken Barber wrote:
> >
> > The User Private Groups (UPG) scheme is unique to Red Hat, and IMO is a bit
> > ridiculous. I've never used them.
> >
> > It has been my practice to create groups that actually do something useful,
> > such as "faculty", "students", "finaid" and so on.
> >
> > Ken Barber
> >
> > On Thursday 20 June 2002 11:08 am, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> > > I am using RH 7.2 and SO 5.2. We have a shared directory set up for
> > > people to use
> > > (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-users
> > >-groups-private-groups.html). When someone saves a SO file into there home
> > > directory, edits that file and then saves it to the shared directory, the
> > > permissions are the same as on the file in their home directory. All other
> > > programs seem to work fine (Gimp, Nedit, etc.) but StarOffice insist on
> > > keeping the group the UPG. ARG! Any suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > "Rule by pressure groups is merely the prelude, the social conditioning for
> > mob rule."
> > -- Ayn Rand, "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution"
>
>
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